Director of Electrical Engineering - High-Reliability Avionics

Chaos Industries

El Segundo (CA)

On-site

USD 233,000 - 321,000

Full time

26 hours ago

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Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Director of Electrical Engineering to build and lead the electrical engineering organization responsible for power, analog, mixed-signal, and digital electronics across RF sensors and avionics systems. You will lead the development of mission-critical hardware from concept and architecture through qualification, production, field deployment, and sustainment.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in at least one electrical engineering discipline with

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of relevant experience.
Experience leading and developing engineering teams for complex, high‑reliability electronics.
Background in aerospace/defense-related electronics (radar, EW, missiles, space).
Deep expertise in at least one EE discipline with breadth across high-speed digital/analog/power.
Experience with FPGA, processors, memory, data converters, high-speed interfaces.
Familiarity with MIL-STD-461/810/1275 and RTCA/DO-160.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

Build and lead a growing team of power, analog, mixed-signal, and digital engineers.
Define hiring plans, capabilities, standards, and design review practices.
Plan staffing, schedules, and resource allocation across programs.
Develop system architectures and trade studies for performance and SWaP-C.
Provide technical leadership across digital, analog, power, PCB, SI/PI, EMI/EMC.